Marginalia — Interview
Helena Pantsis on ‘Mother Salad’ and the horrors of the mundane: using surrealism to confront societal pressures on women
Lauren Pratt Helena Pantsis Interview Mother Salad Naomi Becker
Helena Pantsis (she/they) explains how their surrealist writing in Mother Salad exposes and embodies the crushing pressure on women to ‘mother’. UWA Publishing intern Naomi Becker interviews Helena about her use of horror to capture life's fears, such as mortality, aging, and purpose. Helena also responds by sharing vulnerable insights into how the short-fiction collection was partly inspired by her witnessing initially non-conforming women give in to societal pressures. This discussion addresses her masterful use of absurdism to explore the stigmatised struggles women experience.
We’re not getting the whole story: Fiona Skyring on 'Riots' and the hidden conflict of Anzac history
Lauren Pratt ANZAC Fiona Skyring Interview Jess Burns Riots
In this interview, UWAP intern Jess Burns speaks to Fiona about why these riots occurred and why they’ve been hidden, as well as Fiona’s important work securing wins for First Nations peoples in stolen wage settlements.
Margaret Grose on 'Plant Collecting in Another Planet' and revealing the forgotten findings of plant collector Ernest Wilson
Lauren Pratt Ernest Wilson Interview Jess Burns Margaret Grose Plant Collecting in Another Planet
In this interview, Margaret discusses with UWAP intern Jess Burns the origins of the book, the research process that took her from Harvard University all the way to Kalgoorlie and elsewhere, and the reason why Australian flora is so otherworldly.
William J. Byrne on 'The Warrumbar' and the inspiration of familial history and representing important Aboriginal stories
Lauren Pratt Interview Jess Burns The Warrumbar William J. Byrne
In this interview, UWAP intern Jess Burns speaks to William about the family photo inspiration behind this story and the importance of representing often-forgotten Aboriginal history and strong Aboriginal characters.
A multifaceted multidisciplinary perspective: Authors of Collecting the West discuss their groundbreaking approach to understanding the history of collecting in Western Australia
Lauren Pratt Collecting the West Interview Jess Burns
In this interview, UWAP intern Jess Burns speaks with Alistair, Gaye and Tiffany on how collections helped Western Australia discover a sense of place, the entanglement of colonisation in collecting and the important role Indigenous peoples played in this history.